I think the problem lies with governments. Even with governments bubbles appear. When gates and finite resources appear people become cheaters. What is needed in my opinion and this would require testing is a system of funding exclusively for the most promising researchers and a system of absolute transparency for everyone else.

In the close future research could be more democratized thanks to programming but it would be more like reading or writing are taken for granted today. So interdisciplinary development is super important as is the future. Thanks for passing by and reading. :)